From standard-setting to interoperability: emergency medical team data in the 2026 Venezuela earthquake response
On June 24, 2026, twin earthquakes (M7.2 and M7.5) struck northern Venezuela seconds apart, producing the country's deadliest earthquake in more than a century.1 The broader public health toll and context are detailed in Paníz-Mondolfi and coauthors viewpoint.2 International emergency medical teams (EMTs) deployed alongside national responders,3 and a familiar problem recurred: even a system built to produce standardized reports could not feed them cleanly into the platform coordinating the response.
Authors
- Felix Holl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4020-9509)
- Attila Julius Hertelendy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6174-0289)
- たつ 久保
- Alberto Jacir
- Daniel Hanfling
Institutions
- Hiroshima University (JP)
- American Medical Informatics Association (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- George Washington University (US)
- Florida International University (US)
- University of Miami Health System (US)
- Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences (DE)
- Petroleum of Venezuela (Venezuela) (VE)
- Academia Nacional de Medicina Venezuela (VE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
- Published
- 2026-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2026.101667
- Primary Topic
- Disaster Response and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00